Mauritania men's national basketball team

Mauritania national basketball team is the national basketball team in Mauritania. They have appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship and are yet to make an appearance in the FIBA World Championship.

Mauritania
FIBA ranking159 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1964
FIBA zoneFIBA Africa
National federationFédération Mauritanienne de BasketBall (FMBB)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
FIBA Africa Championship
Appearances4
MedalsNone

Its best performance was at the FIBA Africa Championship 1985 in Ivory Coast, where Mauritania finished 6th, ahead of favored teams such as Nigeria and Tunisia.

Current roster

At the AfroBasket 2013 qualification: (last publicized squad, incomplete) [2]

Mauritania men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
Mamoudou Djibril Ba 24 – (1988-01-01)1 January 1988
Fode Diagana 19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Thierno Lo 21 – (1991-01-01)1 January 1991
Hamady Mbodj 19 – (1993-01-01)1 January 1993
Mamadou Thiam 22 – (1989-11-13)13 November 1989
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 1 July 2012

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Yet to qualify

World championships

Yet to qualify

FIBA Africa Championship
Year Position Tournament Host
19787thFIBA Africa Championship 1978Dakar, Senegal
19808thFIBA Africa Championship 1980Rabat, Morocco
19819thFIBA Africa Championship 1981Mogadishu, Somalia
19856thFIBA Africa Championship 1985Abidjan, Ivory Coast
2020To be determinedFIBA Africa Championship 2020To be determined

African Games
See also: Basketball at the African Games

Yet to qualify

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. Mauritania | 2013 Afrobasket Qualification, ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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